Artist books
WENDY MURRAY, PORTRAITS OF NOUNS - Drawing in a pandemic (L.A. Edition)
Stranded between continents during the Covid lockdown, celebrated Australian street artist Wendy Murray has created a coffee-table book of the Apocalypse. Murray’s intimate and colorful documentary of the End Times in her adopted Los Angeles contains over 70 plein-air drawings of street scenes from Silver Lake to Venice, with photography by Kenneth Brown, Jr., and an essay by L.A. art critic David A. Greene (Artforum, The New Yorker).
Edition: 100
Each book is signed & numbered by the artist
ISBN: 978-0-578-30917-0 / 9780578309170
Format: Paperback, 112pp, 220x140mm
WENDY MURRAY
PORTRAITS OF NOUNS - Drawing in a pandemic.
Portraits of Nouns contains over 70 intricate, descriptive drawings by Wendy Murray. Murray documented her life and journey from Sydney, Australia to Los Angeles, then back to Sydney, via New Zealand - all during COVID lockdown.
Book Design Ann Suerto (USA)
Writing David A. Greene (USA)
Photography Kenneth Brown Jr. (USA)
Special Australian Edition
Year: 2021
ISBN: 978-0-6486643-1-4
AUS Edition SOLD OUT!!
Sydney - we need to talk! Volume 2
Sydney - we need to talk! Volume 2
In this second volume of Sydney – We Need To Talk!, members of the Sydney Urban Crew reflect on their city through the lens of critical urban theory.
Contributors to Volume 2: Naama Blatman, Ellen Burke, Elizabeth Duncan, Omar Elkharouf, Kurt Iveson, Sophie Maalsen, Wendy Murray, Dallas Rogers, Alistair Sisson, Laurence Troy, and Sophie Webber. Printer: Pinch Press, Sydney
Illustrations by Wendy Murray. The book launch is scheduled for December 2021. Stay tuned! #sydneyweneedtotalk
Year: 2021 (in production)
WENDY MURRAY - POSTER ARTIST 2009-2019
Limited Edition artist book.
Introductory essay by Kurt Iveson. Includes essays by Alison Alder, Alex Torrens (Australian War Memorial Museum), Jo Holder, Paul Howard, and Michael Organ.
Featuring over 80 posters produced by poster artist & illustrator Wendy Murray & collaborators. Some of the amazing collaborative artists include Anna Macleod (IRE), Jake Holmes (AUS), Dewey Tafoya (USA), Sima Alikhani (AUS), Jason Wing (AUS), Douglas Archibald (AUS), and Antonia Aitken (AUS) plus commission posters for the Australian War Memorial Museum, National Art School and the University of Sydney.
Book Design & logo design by Kristian Molloy (AUS)
Printed by Lighthouse Print Group (AUS)
Letterpress by The Tilbury Press (AUS)
Year: 2019
ISBN: 978-0-6486643-3-8
Sydney - We need to talk! (Volume 1)
Produced during her 2018 8-week scholarship as the inaugural Printer in Residence at the University of Sydney Library. Murray used letterpress, screen print and digital printing processes to produce Sydney - We Need to Talk!, a collection of short, accessible interventions about the politics of urbanisation. The book includes a series of exquisite illustrations by Wendy Murray. The 56 page book was released in conjunction with the 2018 Festival of Urbanism. Download your FREE PDF version at: https://www.sydneyweneedtotalk.com/the-book
Year 2018
ISBN 9781364195786 / National Library of Australia »
Night & DAY
During her first Hill End Artist in Residence in 2010, Wendy began the Daily – a series of observational drawings created in one day. The series has expanded to over 300 drawings that document the rural and urban environments in Australia, New Zealand and North America. Night & Day features a selection of the Daily drawings including works completed during her second Hill End Residency undertaken in 2018. Includes written contributions by Maryanne Coutts, Sarah Gurich, Genevieve Carroll and Waratah Lahy.
Year 2019
ISBN 9781364195786 / National Library of Australia »
Size US Letter, 8.5×11 in, 22×28 cm
Pull your punches
48 page colour magazine featuring posters and drawings by Wendy Murray (2010-2017). Collaborators include Anna Macleod, Tim Grey, Kurt Iveson, and Sarah Evenson. Special thanks for Hamilton Woodtype Museum, Sydney Collect of the Arts & The Center for the Study of Poltical Graphics.
Author: Wendy Murray
Year: 2017
ISBN 9781364195786/National Library of Australia »
Size US Letter, 8.5×11 in, 22×28 cm
THE DAILY - DRAWING INSPIRATION BY WENDY MURRAY
The Daily - Drawing Inspiration is the first collection of 'Daily' drawings by graphics artist and art educator Wendy Murray. Includes written contributions by Genevieve Carroll, Scott Clement, Maryanne Coutts, Angus Fisher, Todd Fuller, Esther Neate, Catherine O'Donnell and Brenda Tye.
Author: Wendy Murray
Year: 2017
ISBN 9781389703072
National Library of Australia »